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MAGGOTY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does maggoty mean?
• MAGGOTY (adjective)
The adjective MAGGOTY has 1 sense:
1. spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies
Familiarity information: MAGGOTY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spoiled and covered with eggs and larvae of flies
Synonyms:
flyblown; maggoty
Context example:
a sack of maggoty apricots
Similar:
stale (lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age)
Derivation:
maggot (the larva of the housefly and blowfly commonly found in decaying organic matter)
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